Did Buddhism Influence Greek Stoicism?

Greek Reporter ^ | August 14, 2024 | Thanos Matanis

[mairdie]

Fascinating. Thanks.

[mairdie]

And on a different note of Alexander the Great, there’s his diary of his campaign found in an attic.

“Journal of Alexander the Great” by Henry Livingston (1793)

New-York Magazine; or, Literary Repository
Journal of an Asiatic Expedition
Vol. IV No. II; Feb 1793; p.98; by R

https://youtu.be/ByGN29_5VRQ

[waterhill]

Buddha is dead, Jesus is risen..

[waterhill]

I knew this dude, he was crazy. But I loved him:

Billy Joe Shaver
https://youtu.be/1n57WBtvtC4?si=sW7wu9RZhrraQURz

[waterhill]

Oops, that was pat. I love her.

Billy Joe:https://youtu.be/psvV10pohMw?si=xad4R94oAkQsiBrg

I was there. Ed and I were pals.

[Fai Mao]

There are far more differences than similarities.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember reading something about this decades ago in LIFE magazine. They showed a small statue of Buddha that resembled Alexander the Great.

[waterhill]

God used Alexander the Queer for Christianity. Take it or leave it.

[ThanhPhero]

We now know there were Buddhists in Anatolia during the Byzantine era and before and there were Buddhists scattered about in central Asia and points west back to 300 BC or so. Recent discoveries in Egypt are Buddhist statuettes from the time of Alexander and the early Ptolomeys

[Candor7]

Very interesting piece.

"Did Buddhism Influence Greek Stoicism?"

It sure did, thanks to Ashoka Maharaja, one of the ancestral sovereigns of the Kingdom of Shambhala,the others being China's Yung Lo,Japan's Shotoku Taishi, and Tibet's Gesar of Ling. Ashoka prosecuted horrible wars, which resulted in thousands of deaths and horrible blood baths.He was so abhorred by thehuman suffering that he renounced war and created an empire based upon enlightened principles.

These principles were inscribed on stone columns set up across India.

One of Ashoka's Columns:

Ashoka Maharaja:

Pillar Edicts of Ashoka in English

[BuddhaBrown]

“Buddha is dead...”

I’m just pining for the fjords.

[waterhill]

“I’m just pining for the fjords”

Me too

[waterhill]

Buddha is still deas

[FormerFRLurker]

Very interesting read, thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nickcarraway.

• 1st-century Buddha statue from ancient Egypt indicates Buddhists lived there in Roman times [01/15/2024]

[SunkenCiv]

https://search.brave.com/search?q=indian+statuette+found+in+pompeii

[SunkenCiv]

Description of a crystal or glass pavilion, murals in stucco, wall painting and life-like sculpture in Manimekalai are proof of Mediterranean influence in India. This is confirmed by literary allusion to numerous Greeks in India identified as Yavana from Yavanapura or Alexandria. The Greek connection apparently included Pompeii, where an ivory statuette in early Buddhist style was recovered from a merchant's house on the "via dell' Abbondanza". [Arputhrani Sengupta, Associate Professor, Dept. of History of Art, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, India, "Narrative in Tamil Epic (Second Century AD): Transmission of Myth"] (fig.8) Goddess Manimekala-Isis-Aphrodite in Sanchi style, Pompeii, 1 st century AD Arputhrani Sengupta (Associate Professor, Dept. of History of Art, National Museum Institute, New Delhi, India)

[antceecee]

Bookmark! Thank you for sharing!

[OKSooner]

How?